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Notification of Department of Agriculture 
Re: Conditions for Import of Tomato Seeds B.E. …. (….) 
 
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 The Department of Agriculture has completed pest risk analysis for commercial importation of tomato seeds.     By virtue of the provisions of Section 8(2) and Section 10 of the Plant Quarantine Act 
B.E. 2507 (1964) amended by the Plant Qu arantine Act (No.3) B.E. 2551 (2008), the 
Director-General of Department of Agricu lture through the recommendation of the Plant 
Quarantine Committee hereby announces phytosanitary import requirements of tomato seeds for sowing as follow:   1. This notification shall be called “N otification of Department of Agriculture,             
Re: Conditions for Import of Tomato Seeds B.E. …. (….).” 
 
2. This notification shall enter into force sixty days after the date of its proclamation in 
the Government Gazette.   
 
3. Permitted Plant Species 
 
 Tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum ) seeds 
 
4. Permitted Country  
  
 All countries 
 
5. Quarantine Pests of Concern  
A list of quarantine pests of concern to th e Kingdom of Thailand for tomato seeds is 
given in the Annex . 
 
6. Import Permit  
 
Import permit issued by Department of  Agriculture (DOA) is required.  
 
7. Means of Conveyance 
 
Tomato seeds must be imported from a port in any country to a port in the Kingdom of 
Thailand by air cargo or s ea cargo or land cargo. 
 
8. Requirements for Importation   
 
8.1 Tomato seeds must be non-genetically modified organism.   
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8.2 The shipment must be packed in new, clean packaging  and free of live insects, 
soil, sand, contaminant seeds, other pl ant materials (including leaf, stem 
material, fruit pulp, pod material) and animal materials (including animal faeces and feathers). 
 
8.3 Tomato seed lots are required to fulfill one of the following phytosanitary 
import conditions,  or a combination of the thr ee conditions addressing each of 
the eight quarantine pests.  8.3.1  Tomato seeds were produced in a country where Clavibacter 
michiganensis  subsp. michiganensis , Pepino mosaic virus , Tomato 
brown rugose fruit virus , Potato spindle tuber viroid , Tomato apical 
stunt viroid , Tomato chlorotic dwarf viroid , Tomato planta macho 
viroid  and Columnea latent viroid  are not known to occur. OR 
 
8.3.2  Tomato seeds were dry heat treated at 80 
oC for 72 hours to eliminate 
Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis , Pepino mosaic virus  and 
were officially tested on  sample of 3,000 seeds (or at least 10 percent of the 
lot as a small seed lot) using an appropriate genetic method (e .g. Reverse 
Transcription- Polymerase Chain Reaction; RT-PCR) and found free from 
Tomato brown rugose fruit virus, Potato spindle tuber viroid , Tomato 
apical stunt viroid , Tomato chlorotic dwarf viroid , Tomato planta macho 
viroid  and Columnea latent viroid . OR 
 8.3.3  Tomato seeds were officially tested on  sample of 3,000 seeds (or at least 10 
percent of the lot as a small seed lot) using an appropriate genetic method 
(e.g. PCR, RT-PCR)  and found free from Clavibacter michiganensis  
subsp. michiganensis, Pepino mosaic virus,  Tomato brown rugose 
fruit virus, Potato spindle tuber viroid , Tomato apical stunt viroid , Tomato 
chlorotic dwarf viroid , Tomato planta macho viroid  and Columnea latent 
viroid .   
 
9. Phytosanitary Certification  
 
9.1  A phytosanitary certificate (PC) issu ed by the National Plant Protection 
 Organization (NPPO) from the exporti ng country is required. The original 
 copy must accompany every consignm ent to the Kingdom of Thailand and 
 bear one of the following additional decl aration, or a combination of the three 
 declarations addressing each of the eight quarantine pests:  
  “The consignment of tomato seed s was produced in [country] where 
 Clavibacter michiganensis  subsp. michiganensis , Pepino mosaic virus , Tomato 
 brown rugose fruit virus , Potato spindle tuber viroid , Tomato apical stunt 
 viroid , Tomato chlorotic dwarf viroid , Tomato planta macho viroid  and 
 Columnea latent viroid  are not known to occur” 
     OR 
  
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 “The consignment of tomato s eeds was dry heat treated at 80 oC for 72 hours to 
 eliminate Clavibacter michiganensis  subsp. michiganensis , Pepino mosaic 
 virus  and was officially tested using an appropriate genetic method and f ound 
 free from Tomato brown rugose fruit virus, Potato spindle tuber viroid , 
 Tomato apical stunt viroid , Tomato chlorotic dwarf viroid , Tomato planta 
 macho viroid  and Columnea latent viroid .” 
 
 OR                        
 
 “The consignment of tomato seeds was o fficially tested using an appropriate 
 genetic method and found free from Clavibacter michiganensis  subsp. 
 michiganensis,  Pepino mosaic virus, Tomato brown rugose fruit virus,  
 Potato spindle tuber viroid , Tomato apical stunt viroid , Tomato chlorotic 
 dwarf viroid , Tomato planta macho viroid  and Columnea latent viroid .” 
 
9.2 If the laboratory tests are performed by the NPPO laboratory, the phytosanitary 
certificate must bear the following additi onal declaration i.e. quantity of seed 
sample taken for testing, testing method and target-pathogen names. 
 
9.3 If the laboratory tests are perf ormed by the NPPO-accredited/approved 
laboratory, the phytosanitary certificate mu st bear the additional declaration 
specified in 9.2 as well as name and address of laboratory or laboratory certificate number.  
 
10. Import inspection 
  
10.1 When the consignments arrive at the point of entry in the Kingdom of 
Thailand, the import inspection must be conducted after confirming the respective documents accompanying the consignments concerned. 
 10.2 DOA reserved the right to have the c onsignment re-exported or destroyed at 
the importer’s expenses, if non-complianc e with documentary or phytosanitary 
qimport requirements is identified. 
 
10.3 All consignments must be inspected fo r the presence of live insects/snails, 
disease symptoms and contamination (contaminant seed, soil particles and 
animal and plant material) when arrive at  the point of entry in the Kingdom of 
Thailand. Subsequently, a representative sample must be drawn and submitted a designated laboratory for further anal ysis. The consignment must be held 
under quarantine pending re sults of the analysis. 
 10.4  If genetically modified tomato seeds are found, the consignment must be       
re-exported or destroyed at  the importer’s expenses. 
 
10.5 If Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis, Pepino mosaic virus, Tomato 
brown rugose fruit virus, Potato spindle tuber viroid, Tomato apical stunt 
viroid, Tomatochlorotic dwarf viro id, Tomato planta macho viroid and 
Columnea latent viroid are found, the consignment must be re-exported or 
destroyed at the importer’s expense.  
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10.6 If quarantine pests of Thaila nd concern as stipulate in the Annex  are found, the 
consignment must be treated with an appr opriated treatment (if available),     
re-exported or destroyed at the importer’s expenses. 
 10.7 If the consignments are frequen tly found to be non-compliance with 
phytosanitary import requirements or other cases, DOA may suspend, terminate or impose additional specific import conditions from a certain country as the Annex  of this notification. 
 10.8 If any live organism of potential quarantine concern to Thailand not listed in 
the Annex  is found, the consignment shall be  re-exported, destroyed or treated 
with an appropriated treatment (if ava ilable) at the importer’s expenses. The 
DOA reserved the right to temporary su spension of import from the identified 
pathway until a risk assessment of intercepted organisms is determined. 
 
    Issued on ……………………………………..  
                                                              
 Director-General 
                       Department of Agriculture                                 
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Annex 
 
List of Quarantine Pests of Tomato seeds 
Attached to the Notification of  Department of Agriculture 
Re: Conditions for Import of Tomato Seeds B.E. …. (….) 
 
Scientific name Common name 
Insects  
 Order Coleoptera  
  Family Dermestidae  
              Trogoderma granarium khapra beetle 
   Trogoderma variabile  grain dermestid 
Pathogens  
    Bacteria  
            Clavibacter michiganensis  subsp. michiganensis  bacterial canker of tomato 
            Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum  zebra chip 
            Pseudomonas corrugata pith necrosis of tomato 
            Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato bacterial speck 
            Pseudomonas viridiflava  bacterial leaf blight of tomato 
    Fungi  
            Didymella lycopersici canker of tomato 
            Fusarium oxysporum f. sp.  lycopersici race 3   
            Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. radicis-lycopersici Fusarium crown rot 
            Verticillium albo-atrum  verticillium wilt of lucerne 
 Virus  
            Alfalfa mosaic virus  alfalfa yellow spot 
            Arabis mosaic virus hop bare-bine 
            Pelargonium zonate spot virus   
            Pepino mosaic virus  
            Tomato black ring  virus ring spot of beet 
            Tomato brown rugose fruit virus  
            Tomato busy stunt virus Lycopersicon virus 4 
            Tomato mosaic virus tomato mosaic 
            Tomato mottle mosaic virus  
            Tomato ringspot virus  ringspot of tomato 
            Tobacco streak virus  tobacco streak 
            Tomato torrado virus torrado disease 
  Phytoplansma  
            Candidatus phytoplasma solani   
   Viroid  
            Columnea latent viroid   
            Potato spindle tuber viroid spindle tuber of potato 
           Tomato apical stunt viroid  
           Tomato chlorotic dwarf viroid  
           Tomato planta macho viroid